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Motion of planets and satellites

Question

The radius of the earth is R. For a satellite to appear stationary, it must be placed in orbit around the earth at a height of about (given R = 6380 km) nR above the surface of earth.Then the value of n is 

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Solution

For a geostationary satellite, h = 35870 km.

 hR=358706380=5.6



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